Coordinate Tracker

[raclim]

Notes:

This feature is already in development and is currently in-progress. At this stage, any feedback or testing for bugs would be super helpful after reading the details below. Thanks so much!

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Increasing Access

Currently, there is no way to identify coordinates on the Preview Area canvas, which creates a lot of guesswork when trying to draw onto it. This feature can help increase access by making it easier for folks to pinpoint specific locations on the canvas and plan out what they would like to draw.

Feature request details

I started developing this feature after receiving feedback from educators within the 2024 Art + Code Teacher Camp cohort about how integrating this would be helpful for their students. Attached below is a screenshot of what the feature looks like so far—currently, it's a simple display of the X and Y coordinates right above the canvas.

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Testing

The feature can currently be tested out in its dedicated release environment, and the code behind it lives on this branch.

In order to test this feature, you can:

1. Go to the feature's release environment and Sign Up for an account.
2. After signing up, open your User Settings modal by clicking on the Gear icon in the upper-right hand corner.
3. Once you've opened the User Settings modal, scroll down and go to the "Coordinates" section, which should be toggled to "Off". Click on "On" to turn on the feature.

4. Once you turned it on, you can return to the editor's homepage and play a sketch. The coordinate tracker should be visible on play.